Kiss wheel



April 1 1924.

1,488,666 F. E. DAYES DISK WHEEL Filed March 28. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1advent oz Frederick ifia as F. E. DAYES April 1 1924.

DISK WHEEL Filed March 28. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JVLOWO'Z Frederz'dEDayes his Patented l, 19.24.

STATES FREDERICK E. DAYES, OF BROOKLYN, N

1,488 ,tl5t

PATENT OFFICE. 4

LlElEJIGNOB T0 AEVEEBICAN CAB AND FOUNDRY CGMI-ANEK, 0F IQE'W YGER,33"., COEPOE ION 013 NEW JERSEY.

DESK ti ItIEEL.

Application fil d March tlerial 1T0. 547,513.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, FBEDEBIGK residing at Erooklyn, Kings County, Stateof -New York, and being a citizen or the United States, have inventedcertain and useful llmprovements in Disk l l heels, oi which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will nableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustratethe preferred form o1. the invention, though it is to be understood thatthe invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shownand described, it is obvious that various modifications thereot withinthe scope of the claims will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of one-halt of an autombile wheel formedin accordance with the present'invention, with a portion thereof brokenaway for the purpose 01"- de tail illustration;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, the section being taken on line 22of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of a slight modification of thestructure illustrated in detail of 2;

Fig. -1- is a view, similar to Fig. l of a modified form or" my device;and

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. d.

This invention relates to a wheel formed of pressed metal, especiallyadapted for use on automobiles and motor vehicles, generally. Y

The principal object of the invention is to provide a wheel of ruggedconstruction, capable of withstanding unusual stresses with a minimum ofmetal so disposed as to produce the best results.

The parts of the complete structure torming the present invention arecapable oi being formed with dies, and practically without machine work,and are so shaped that the parts of the complete wheel may be assembledby relatively unskilled labor.

The wheel itself consists of a major disk and a minor disk, to theformer of which the felloe is attached, and these parts are so shapedthat the major disk may be formed from a sheet of metal oi uniformthickness throughout its area, or from disk, the thickness of whichgradually diminishes from its center to its circumference. The minordisk or pan shaped member hereinafter referred to may be of greater orless area and the t'clloe may be of heavier, thicker, and strong ormetal than the other sheet metal parts of the wheel.

lit is one of the objects of the invention to produce a wheel of thesheet metal disk type, which may be used with hubs of stand ardconstruction, which latter form no part of the present invention.

It is to be noted that the hub A is provided with radial flanges B andC, and in the assembled wheel next the flange B is a disk i, which isprovided with an inturned flange 5 paralleling the portion 6 of thehub,against which the flange 7 of the disk 20 is positioned.

It has seen found in some instances that, on account of transmittingtire loads through over-hung and deformed parts of disks in disk wheels,cracks have developed at the point of the bend of the metal, thisoccurring arter considerable service due to fatigue of the metal, and toavoid this I have provided the disk a at convenient intervals near itsperimeter with. a series of depressions 10, whereby shoulders 11 areprovided, against or in contact with which shoulders, the feline 12 otthe wheel is supported, as best shown in Fig. 2.

intermediate the pads or depressions 10, the metal 01" the disk is bentat substantially right angles tothe general plane of the wheel, as shownat 13 in Fig. 2, and this metal is slightly offset as shown at i l atthe lower side of said 2.

The felloe 12 rests between the shoulder ll and the flange 15 at saidpads and may be secured in position by the rivets 16, which rivets wouldbe in double shear, or the "felloe may be secured to the flanges of thedisk 4 by spot welding if desired.

To stillen and. reentorce the disk l 1 provide a pan-like disk 20flanged at 21. in parallelism with the curve of the disk at and theresecured by rivets 22 or other convenient securing means as may bedesired. lnteroosed between the disks l and the minor disks or pan-likereeniorcements 20 are pressed steel spacers 23 composed of symmetr cal.halves, welded or otherwise securl together. These spacers are preten.usual provided with a brake drum horizontal liange of the disk and theably formed of sheet metal and are perforated, as are thedisks 4 and 20,for the possage there'through of the seguring bolts which connect hedisk portion of the wheel with the hub A.

.1 wh f l brake drum is held in position by the bolts 25, beforereferred to.

lit is an advantage in disk wheel construction thatthe disks be soshaped as to permit access from the exterior of the wheel to the tirevalve 34-, which lndicates the conventional valve in common use, andwhere the pads 10 are pressed. in the disk l toe may be perforated forthe passage or? valve 34 therethrough, thus atlordinp; convenientaccessibility from the outer side of the wheel. Thus,.wherethedepressions or pockets 10 are equidistantly spared, a great advantageresults to the user.

With the construction shown, a rim seat can be mployed of a desirablethickness without proportionately increasing the weight or the wheel, aswith the aid of the pressed pads or pockets a light main disk 4: can beused, at the same "time getting the fastening rivets in double shear.

Forming the sheet metal portion of the wheel as indicated ermits the useof any desired thickness of metal for either one of the major parts ofthe Wheel and permits a greater range of variety in production than ifthe disk 1- tormed an integral part of the felloe.

The tire may be secured in any desired manner, but preferably is held inposition by the bolts 30, which pass through the flange 31, through thespacing members and through the wedge ring 33, and if desired the bolts30 may be permanently seeured in position and the spacers 32 may securethem in position, or any convenient means of fastening may be employed.Instead of having the telloe disposed shown, the flange 18 may bemodified as shown at l3 in 3 and the lelloe band 12 may be employed andprovided with the looped portion. 12", the whole being connectedtogether by rivets 16 it In the modified wheel structure shown in Figs.4 and 5, the main disk and. roentorcing disk 20 are provider with theinturned flanges and '7 eugw ing the hub portion 6 and the pressed .3 elspacers 23 are placed between the disks 4: and 20 and held in positionby the securing bolts 52.) which pass through the hub flanges P K and C,disks 4'. and 20, spacers and brake drum 27. Near its perimeter, thedisk i is provided with the spaced depressions 10 and the metal of thedisk is bent to form a flange at substantially right vertical axis ofthe wheel, as at 13 in Fig. 5, and, t the depressions 10, engages withthe shoulders ll formed by the dep essions 10 and is secured thereto bythe rivets 16. The free of the flange is bent to form a 'telloe is"integral w l th 4 The U1? carrying rim is sec (0 the relloe 12 by thebolts 30 and wed e ring 33, spacing members 3 being secured to the diskd if desired. Openings are provided in the metal of a shoulder and the1.. ige for the usual tire valve li hat l claim is:

1. in a disk wheel, a u

angles to the i a smaller and spac- H and recomhaving ular engagsaid spicingprising flan "l 1" depressions therein forming m ing surfaces.

2. in a disk wheel, a main disk flanged to engage the hub, a flangedreentorcing disk secured to said main disk and spacing n'ieinbors lel'weon said disks having flanges engaged between said disk flanges.

3. ln a isk wheel, a flanged main disk, a flanged reinforcing disk andflanged spacing members between said disks, flanges of said spacingmembers engaging between flanges of said disks.

l. lln a disk wheel, a main disk having a web portion and a flangedportion bent to one side of the web portion and crossing the plane ofimpact of the wheel, and a reenforcing disk secured to the some side ofthe web portion, said main disk having depressions in said web :portionforming supports for said flange portion, projecting from the oppositeside of said web underlying; said flanged portion.

5. In a disk wheel, a disk having; a web portion and a flange portioncrossing the plane of impact of the wheel, said web porion hav'ng depresions underlying and :rorn'iinp; s sporting walls for said flangeportion, said walls being substantially perpendicular to said flangeportion and to the plane of impact.

6. In a disk wheel, a disk having a web portion and a flange portionsubstantially ptrpendic'ular to the wheel plane, said web portion havingportions depressed so as to 'v A V 1 Y I orm supports underlying theflange por tion.

7. in a disk wheel, a disk having; a web portion and a flange portionsubstantially perpendicular to the wheel plane, said web portion havingspaced depressed portions forming supporting shoulders underlying theflange portion, said web and i age porportion and a flange portionsubstantially perpendicular to the Wheel plane, depressed portions inthe Web adapted to underlie and support the flange portion and a felloeearried by said depressed and flange portions 9. In a disk Wheel a maindisk having a Web portion and a flange portion bent to cross the planeof impact of the Wheel, said main disk having depressions projectingfrom said Web portion and underlying said flange portion to formsupports therefor.

10. In a disk Wheel, a disk having a web portion and a flange portionsubstantially perpendicular to the Wheel plane, depressions in said webportion underlying said flange portion, a felloe engaging between saldflange portion and Wells or" said depressions and means securing saidflange portion, felloe and said depression Walls to gether.

11. In a disk Wheel, a disk having a Web portion and e flange poreionsubstantially perpendicular to the Wheel plane depressions in said webportions having Walls substantially perpendicular to the Wheel plane andconnected by Walls underlying said flange portion and a felloe securedin position between said flange portion and said depression Walls.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

FREDERICK E. DAYES. l iitnesses Ronni LT G. BARTON, ELLEN G. WEBSTER.

